MEAT TINNING WORKS.

Patea Mail, Volume I, Issue 4, 3 November 1887, Page 2

MEAT TINNING WORKS.

rum; a wee ting. Tho fnial m-.-Mlng to consider 51:’ Oldham's proposal re sleat Tinning Works, was held in tho Town Hall yesterday, whmi Air J. V. Smith was v.Gt-J t-•» the chair, and briefly stated tie* object of if meeting Mr Oldham, who mas present, said ho had nothing tro-di to place before thorn, as he Juul pane fully into tho mat:or ;d a previous mmling. lie eouhl only add that- to-day 3;e muse jutvo a Haul answer, as he could no: p >s-i 1) 1 y allow (he matter to remain up-ui any Insurer, as lie had already, at their request. < xtmuh-d tlie lime for closing - way far beyond, ill? original limit, and ho was fearful of 10-iug orders now in his hands, if ho did not at one? vet to work, Mr Coweru firm gave a brief resume of the uiidertakimp and concluded by reading- out i ke list of subscribers, and amounts ; from which it appeared that id)l7 had been promised Tnis was rapidly increased by additions iu tho room, to £i 073 10s, when a letter was read from tho Anchor Lino, 8.8. Com pony, giving £101) to tho undertaking’ conditionally on Patea boing- the port 1 of shipment, but without reservation us to tho site of works. The total was thus brought up to £1173 10s, leaving’ only £32G 10s between success and f .ilnro. A proposition was then made to guarantee tho balance at once, so as to secure tho immediate establishment of tho weeks. and make a further canvas of the district to obtain tho required amount. Tho following gentlemen, after a short discussion, .agreed to become joint guarantors for tho amount : Messrs Adams, Tl. A , Burke, Christie, Cowern. ivempt homo. Lysaght, Pearce, it. 8., Boss, By:ues. F , Shields, Wilson, AM , Wilkie, 1) , and one other gentleman whoso name was not monliouou. Those gentlemen wore, by resolution appointed, in conjunction with Messrs Whife and Livingstone, of flawera; a cemmilteo to draw up the conditions of tho bund, and guarantee, and other details. In answer to a question, Air Oldham said he was perfectly satisfied with .ho rosuL of tho meeting-, and considered the matter as vir.ua.lly settled, and would at once begin work, and tho settlers would iiml they had no grounds oi complaint; agains - . him in tho carrying out of his part oi tho contract Tho general business being over, the mooting terminated, and the committee mot for detail work.